Here we have a great video tutorial for Adobe Illustrator explaining how to use the Free Transform, Shear, Skew and Reflect tools to create vector logo types and icons in perspective
Important shortcuts to remember:
*Mac OS
Cmd + Opt + Shift + Drag with the Free Transform Tool = Shear
Cmd + Shif + Drag with Free Transform Tool = Skew
*Windows
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Drag with the Free Transform Tool = Shear
Ctrl + Shif + Drag with Free Transform Tool = Skew
More about using the "Free Transform Tool" here.
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The "Live Color" Feature in Adobe Illustrator CS4
Learn how to use the "Live Color" feature in Adobe Illustrator. Video tutorial by Colin Boyd.
"Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video on using Live Color. Learn from an expert from the comfort of your own desk, this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial video uses clearly laid out examples to help you follow along..."
"Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video on using Live Color. Learn from an expert from the comfort of your own desk, this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial video uses clearly laid out examples to help you follow along..."
From Sketch To Digital Art. Adobe Illustrator And Photoshop Tutorial
A great comprehensive video tutorial from TutCandy. Click the play button and learn how to convert a sketch into digital artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. If you pay attention you may also learn some useful shortcuts.
"In this tutorial we will show you how to go from sketch to vector and maintain that hand-drawn look. We start off cleaning the image in Photoshop, don't freak if you haven't got it, all photo editing software should have very similar functions.
Then take it into illustrator and use the automated live trace tool, which I normally think auto anything does a pretty terrible job but for rough hand-drawn linework it will work just perfectly."
"In this tutorial we will show you how to go from sketch to vector and maintain that hand-drawn look. We start off cleaning the image in Photoshop, don't freak if you haven't got it, all photo editing software should have very similar functions.
Then take it into illustrator and use the automated live trace tool, which I normally think auto anything does a pretty terrible job but for rough hand-drawn linework it will work just perfectly."
Sketch to vector Illustrator Tutorial from che mcpherson on Vimeo.
What is Typography?
A lesson by from the Vancouver film school. www.multimedia.edu
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques.
The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Read more
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques.
The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Read more
Vector Art Retrospection (1963)
The video below was discovered by a twitter search query for the key phrase "vector art" "Alan Kay presenting Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad, one of most influencial programs in the history of graphical user interfaces...
Sutherland developed Sketchpad in 1963. This video was extracted taken from a longer one in" Thanks t to zapatoche.
Sutherland developed Sketchpad in 1963. This video was extracted taken from a longer one in" Thanks t to zapatoche.
Vector Skyline Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
A video tutorial by Liron Tocker, explaining the stages of creating a vector skyline illustration using Adobe Illustrator. The tutorial is useful for beginner artists to understand the process of tracing graphic elements using the Pen Tool...
3D Vector Logo Tutorial
A logo design video tutorial from Layers Magazine, covering a few gradient techniques and using the "3D extrude and bevel" effect in Adobe Illustrator...
Even though it is considered as a logo design tutorial, the skills shown can be applied many areas of digital illustration. Video Tutorial Link
Even though it is considered as a logo design tutorial, the skills shown can be applied many areas of digital illustration. Video Tutorial Link
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